Saturday

doughnuts ~

... to glaze or not to glaze? coat with sugar and cinnamon or chocolate and sprinkles, powdered sugar, nuts, coconut? How do you like your doughnut? Personally, I like my plain.

Today was homemade doughnut making day.

Now I really can't take all the credit for making these doughnuts. Granted, most things I do make from scratch; but when it comes to the doughnuts I buy a bulk dry mix from my Amish friends. You add 4 cups of warm water, and 4 Tblsp. of dry yeast, mix it up, let it rise, cut them out, let them rise again, and fry.

Pretty easy ... and cheap. The mix says it will make 3 dozen doughnuts - but I got 52 of them out of one batch. They came out to $0.91 cents a dozen and that wasn't counting the 52 doughnut holes!

Frying the holes :)

... and then some doughnuts ... I fried them in my electric frying pan ~ which worked out quite well, I could do a dozen at a time.

I know the family would like it if I made these more often; but I only do them once a year. They freeze up beautifully and sure do make for an easy breakfast or something quick to put into Dear Hubby's lunch box for work. Dear Hubby also likes taking them along with him in the fall when he's trapping for a quick snack to grab. I take such good care of him :)

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Looking out my window ... on the edge of the yard ... THIS is why I love living in the woods ~

Glazed please, They are pretty also. But that sounds pretty much from scratch to me, hahahaha. Not from scratch is bought from the deli! LOLLove the animals, don't they know the meat processing room is not too far away? LOL

I felt like ' fried anything ' today so made the hungry crew french fries from some of those taters...oh my~so good.Soooo, that's how you whip out those doughnuts. You had me fooled all these years., but they still look derned good and plenty. What Amish site did you find the makings?BlessYa

Goodness Girl is there not anything that you don't do? I made donuts one time years ago but in my defence I did make crepes every single Sunday morning as my husband's family thought they were Lieck style pancakes and every new bride into their family had to learn to make them just right.

When I was a young thang, too young to leave me Mither, Mither and I made cake donuts. I'd mix up the dough and she would cut and fry. So good. I like them plain myself. Mither also used to make bread donuts and ice them with maple icing ... so good after a cold walk home from school. Sweet memories!!!

~mel

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I'm just a gal living in the woods up in northern Wisconsin. The purpose of this blog is to share my stories of my daily life ~ one never knows what the topic may be ~ AND ~ to share my love of nature,gardening and cooking.
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Proverbs 3:3-4

Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man.

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, 12so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

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Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely
in a pretty and well-preserved body; but rather to skid in broadside,
thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -
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It's winter in Wisconsin
And the gentle breezes blow,
70 miles per hour at 52º below.
Oh, how I love Wisconsin
when the snow's up to your butt,
you take a breath of winter air -
your nose; it freezes shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful,
I guess I'll hang around.
I could never leave Wisconsin,
'Cause I'm frozen to the ground!

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One day, long, long ago, there lived a woman who did not whine, nag or bitch...(that would be me) But that was a long time ago, and it was just that one day. THE END.

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